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BY WILL ROBINSON | March 14, 2024
STONINGTON—No sooner had Stonington’s town meeting begun on Monday, March 11, than proposed changes to the town’s four land use ordinances sparked heated debate between...
BY WILL ROBINSON | March 14, 2024
STONINGTON—After spirited debate over changes to land use laws at the annual town meeting on March 11, some 100 Stonington voters took up the business...
BY JACK BEAUDOIN | March 14, 2024
Congressional earmarks included in several new federal appropriations bills will channel millions of dollars to Stonington, Castine and seven other Blue Hill Peninsula communities for...
BY JACK BEAUDOIN | March 14, 2024
AUGUSTA—An emergency bill to allocate $50 million from the state’s nearly $1 billion “rainy day fund” to repair storm-damaged public and private infrastructure is designed...
BY TRESSA VERSTEEG | March 14, 2024
DEER ISLE—Around 70 Deer Isle voters filled the town office for the annual town meeting on March 11. During the hour and 45 minute session,...
March 14, 2024
The winter of 1780 was locally regarded as one of the worst, especially hard on the Penobscot region as the area was under occupation by...
BY JOANNE STEENBERG | March 14, 2024
For most of my life, when I thought of the word vengeance, I thought of a crazy person overcome with anger and rage who will...
"They peaked at the right time in the right way. They really stepped up."
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March 14, 2024
SATURDAY, 3/2 BLUE HILL—An officer documented an incident of fraud related to an Amazon phone scam and advised the affected individual on next steps. (more…)
March 14, 2024
MuniMeets postings invite readers to engage in the public municipal meetings in their communities.
March 14, 2024
Registration underway for IFWA’s Youth Safety and Survival Program The Island Fishermen’s Wives Association announces that registration is open for its free Youth Safety and...
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March 14, 2024
ELLSWORTH and DEER ISLE, MAINE—Austin W. Weed, 87, passed away on February 23, 2024, at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. He was born in...
March 14, 2024
LECK, Robert “Bob” H., 85, Brooksville, Maine, March 8, 2024. A celebration of life service will be held on March 23, 2024, at 1 p.m....